English Explanatory Dictionary

discipline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A controlled behaviour; self-control.
  2. An enforced compliance or control.
  3. A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
  4. A state of order based on submission to authority.
  5. A set of rules regulating behaviour.
  6. A punishment to train or maintain control.
  7. A whip used for self-flagellation.
  8. A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
  9. A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
  10. A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
verb
  1. To train someone by instruction and practice.
  2. To teach someone to obey authority.
  3. To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
  4. To impose order on someone.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪsɪplɪn/ /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ [ˈd̥ɪsɪ̽plɪ̈n] en-us-discipline.ogg /ɖɪˈsɪplɪn/

Word forms

discipline disciplines disciplining disciplined

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”), from discipulus (“pupil”), influenced by disco (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).

Synonyms

penalty sanction censure correction discipline punishment punition sentence field sphere specialty speciality specialism drill

Antonyms

spontaneity

Related words

disciple disciplinal disciplinary discipliner interdisciplinary multidisciplinary castigation stricture disciplinarian disciplined disciplinable

Derived words

academic discipline antidiscipline camouflage discipline counterdiscipline disciplinability disciplineless discipline-specific disciplinism disciplinist home discipline indiscipline interdiscipline market discipline metadiscipline multidiscipline nondiscipline petticoat discipline pseudo-discipline pseudodiscipline self-discipline subdiscipline superdiscipline time discipline transdisciplinarian undiscipline overdiscipline rediscipline

Translations

Arabic: اِنْضِبَاط Arabic: تَهْذِيب Arabic: فَرْع مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَة Arabic: مَادَّة Armenian: կարգապահություն Armenian: գիտակարգ Azerbaijani: intizam Azerbaijani: nizam Azerbaijani: nizam-intizam Bashkir: тәртип Bashkir: фән Belarusian: дысцыплі́на Belarusian: прадме́т Bulgarian: дисципли́на Bulgarian: наказа́ние Burmese: စည်းကမ်း Catalan: disciplina Chinese Mandarin: 紀律 /纪律 Chinese Mandarin: 學科 /学科 Chinese Mandarin: 學術 /学术 Czech: kázeň Czech: disciplína Danish: disciplin Dutch: discipline Dutch: (zelf)beheersing Dutch: tuchtiging Dutch: tuchtstraf Dutch: branche Esperanto: disĉiplo Finnish: kuri Finnish: itsekuri Finnish: kuritus Finnish: oppiaine Finnish: aine French: discipline French: pénalité French: branche Galician: disciplina Georgian: დისციპლინა Georgian: დასჯა German: Disziplin German: Strafe German: Bestrafung Greek: πειθαρχία Greek: επιστημονικός κλάδος Hebrew: מִשְׁמַעַת Hindi: अनुशासन Hindi: दंड Hindi: विषय Hungarian: fegyelem Hungarian: tudományág Icelandic: agi Indonesian: disiplin Indonesian: disiplin ilmu Irish: smacht Irish: araíonacht Irish: disciplín Italian: disciplina Japanese: 規律 Japanese: 学科 Japanese: 学問 Khmer: វិនយ Korean: 규율 Korean: 학과 Korean: 학문 Latin: disciplina Latvian: disciplīna Lithuanian: disciplina Macedonian: дисциплина Malayalam: അച്ചടക്കം Māori: whakaraupapa Māori: whiunga Māori: akoranga Norwegian Bokmål: disiplin Norwegian Nynorsk: disiplin Iranian Persian: اِنْضِباط Iranian Persian: رِشْتِه Polish: dyscyplina Portuguese: disciplina Portuguese: castigo
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